Air date: January 25th, 2010 (UK), September 4th, 2010 (US)
It is the day of the spring party at the Duke and Duchess of Boxford's Summer House. Thomas arrives at Brendam Docks to collect eggs for the children to paint when he sees James and Henry leaving with their loads for the party. Once Cranky unloads the box of eggs, Thomas teases Cranky by calling him "Creaky Cranky", and Cranky teases Thomas back by calling him "Tiny Thomas".
Thomas decides to prove Cranky that he can pull heavy loads by collecting James' load of timber and Henry's load of straw bales and taking them back to the Docks. In return, Cranky lifts the respective loads one at a time proving to Thomas that he is not creaky. However, when Thomas tells Cranky to lift him, Cranky only succeeds in breaking his cable and damaging his gearing system.
The Fat Controller arrives and scolds both Thomas and Cranky for causing delay and being very silly. Once Thomas is back on the rails again, he asks Spencer to take the heavy loads to the party whilst he helps Cranky by collecting new parts from the Sodor Steamworks.
When Thomas returns with the new parts, he knows that Cranky is not creaky and, in return, Cranky knows that Thomas is not tiny at all.
Tropes featured in the episode:
- A Day in the Limelight: For Cranky.
- Added Alliterative Appeal: "Creaky Cranky" and "Tiny Thomas". The former doubles as a Title Drop.
- Animation Bump: This is the first episode to use full on CGI, scrapping models entirely.
- Feud Episode: Thomas and Cranky tease each other before trying to one up each other.
- Rule of Three: Thomas gets Cranky to lift James' load of Timber, Henry's load of straw bales and finally himself.
- What the Hell, Hero?: The Fat Controller gives Thomas a talking to when his antics result in delaying the party preparations and Cranky's arm breaking.
